handed down

verb

past tense of hand down
1
as in passed (down)

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2
as in informed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for handed down
  1. informed
  2. reported
  3. notified
  4. disclosed
  5. revealed
  6. manifested
  7. apprised
  8. divulged
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  • Kelker-Kelly’s wife, Allison Kelly, informed authorities the actor complained of pain in his left arm and chest while on the drive home from Spirit Airport, People reported.
    — Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Those works and other similar ones in the Met’s collection exemplified a neoclassical New England style that informed her work, titled Vessel.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Customers filed lawsuits alleging Bacelar was buying dogs on the cheap from breeders, then misrepresenting them as rescues and charging high adoption fees, The Times reported.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Koppie reported raising exactly enough to cover his campaign’s expenses of less than $3,000 from July through September, most of it out of his own pocket.
    — Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of reported
Verb
  • Her death on Saturday was announced late this week after her next of kin were notified, police say.
    — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The Catapult Workers Collective said the company’s sale included the assets only and that the union was notified their employment would not be rolled over to the new buyer.
    — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of notified
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  • Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, beyond highlighting that Digital Dust’s founders, Federica Zucchi and Alessandra De Siena, together with CEO Matteo Zucchi and the agency’s entire team, will remain on-board.
    — Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Meta last week disclosed a quarter of negative free cash flow for the first time since 2012.
    — Lucy Bayly, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of disclosed
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  • Two new clades of the virus, SHAV-EU1 and SHAV-EU2, were detected earlier this year, and genetic testing revealed traces of the first type in the deceased person’s cerebrospinal fluid, urine and saliva, among other samples.
    — Sahas Mehra, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Key Takeaways The experiment revealed an unexpected way to manipulate the weak magnetism inside an atomic nucleus.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of revealed
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  • These scholars support a growing chorus of voices calling for accountability when hate is manifested.
    — Arun Brahmbhatt, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Over the last 50 years, that tension has manifested as multiple lawsuits, protests and attempts by two governors to resolve the issue.
    — Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of manifested
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  • Shanahan balked at an Australian adventure when first apprised in February that the 49ers would be part of it.
    — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The Atlantic White Shark Conservancy created and runs Sharktivity, a shark-sighting and resource app designed to keep beachgoers apprised of the sharks’ presence.
    — Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of apprised
Verb
  • Its contents aren’t divulged to the viewer, but there’s no need.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2026
  • In this version of paradise, even angels have secrets, divulged, apparently, over a cold Irish stout.
    — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of divulged
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